The annual Kick-Off Party for CHEMPA, the Christian Home Educators of the Mount Pleasant Area, will be Tuesday, September 2. The event will be from 7 to 8 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant.

Members of the Mount Vernon FFA are seeking Junior FFA members to be involved with the local organization. An informational meeting and sign up event will be conducted at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 9 in the Mount Vernon Agricultural Department.

Two mandatory meeting dates for students planning to participate in the steer, dairy heifer or goat categories of the Mount Vernon - Saltillo Young Farmer Project Show in March 2015 have been set for early next week.

The Mount Vernon High School class of 1974 had their 40th reunion on July 26 at the high school dining hall. See the August 28 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for a listing of classmates who participated in the reunion.

Members of the Mount Vernon High School FFA attended the 86th annual Texas FFA State Convention in Fort Worth July 14-18. More than 11,000 members and guests spent the week attending leadership workshops,